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Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

Iceland's first pagan temple in 1,000 years is underway in Reykjavík.

This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.

Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.